Summary:
ZIP code 74723 has two small schools: Bennington Elementary School serves prekindergarten through grade 8 and enrolls 164 students, while Bennington High School serves grades 9–12 and enrolls 88. Because they serve different grades, their all-grades results are useful as a local overview but are not a direct comparison of students in the same grades. The clearest finding is a sharp split in the latest results: Elementary was above the state in all three shared subjects, while High was below it in all three.
Elementary stands out at the top of the latest all-grades results: in 2025–2026, its proficiency was 35% in English language arts (ELA), 46% in mathematics and 65% in science—9, 21 and 35 percentage points above state results. High was lower in each shared subject, with 24% in ELA, 14% in mathematics and 24% in science; those results were 2, 11 and 6 points below the state. The schools’ gaps were widest in science (41 points) and mathematics (32 points). High also recorded 34% in U.S. History, 7 points below the state. For a same-grade comparison, High’s 11th-grade science result was 3 points above the state’s 11th-grade result.
Recent changes are mixed, with Elementary’s science gain especially notable: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, its science proficiency rose from 39% to 65% and mathematics from 41% to 46%, while ELA fell from 41% to 35%. High’s ELA rose from 20% to 24%, but mathematics and science fell from 16% to 14% and 27% to 24%. SchoolDigger ranked Elementary at the 81st percentile in 2023–2024 and High at the 46th percentile in 2025–2026. In 2024–2025, student–teacher ratios were 15.1 at Elementary and 14.1 at High; free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 82% and 71%, respectively. These are context, not explanations for the results. High’s 2024–2025 graduation rate was 88%, above the state’s 78%.
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